This week, our story for the raku pottery vase ‘Father of the Sea‘, tells the tale of a Titan who can breathe in water, the Cassanova of the sea, and the only Titan to escape hell. It even shows us how to stay neutral in a family conflict – which can also be its own special kind of hell. So move over Posedion, because before you there was Oceanus!
It’s not an easy childhood, when all the tongues in the known universe are wagging about who your father is. Fortunately for Oceanus, there were only a few beings at that time and some of them didn’t even have tongues.
Just imagine Chaos with a tongue!
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However when your mother Gaia is making as many babies as possible, and your ‘father’ is an over worked single dad, something is likely to fall through the cracks.
And it may be you; and that crack may form a mighty river.
If all that was not confusing enough, there where whispers among Oceanus’ parents, that maybe – in one of her more ‘fertile’ moods – his mother Gaia visited her omnigender parent Chaos.
In spite of all this, Oceanus knew enough to keep these whisperings hush hush. He did not want to rock the boat. There was already enough actual Chaos in the family.
15 Æons later . . .
Oceanus often questioned his brother Cronus’ growing power. Rather than fight him, Cronus gave him dominion of the river at the end of the world.
Little did Cronus know that this would be the river from which all water would come. A fact which came in pretty handy when your name has Ocean right in it. He is not Riverus after all…
As you may remember from a previous story, Cronus would eventually depose his father Uranus, and take his throne. This would be short lived, for Uranus’ son would do the same. Then Cronus and his Titan siblings asked Uranus to participate in quashing the rebellion of young upstart Zeus.
Phew!
Fortunately, Oceanus and his wife Tethys were busy making babies too – in total about 3,000! Unlike his official father, Oceanus was a good dad. In the end this would save him! For all of his others siblings would lose the war against the new gods of Olympus and rather than fighting, Oceanus spent his time quietly making more babies, new rivers and their river gods, and of course the nymphs.
In the end it was the original river that Oceanus was cast down to that would act as a buffer against Tarturus (hell) where all of his Titan rebel siblings would be imprisoned.
Oceanus and Tethys were just glad they heeded the advice of legendary 1990’s Soothsayers TBoz, Left Eye anD chilli.
If you enjoyed this story/vase, you can check out more of them here. All of our vases are for sale. You may also be interested in checking out our home page, which includes many other items for sale that can make great Christmas gifts, for someone you love, or for yourself.
A very interesting write. Makes me curious to know more.
There are links throughout the blog if youd like to read further 🙂 stay well!
beautiful! lol you’re an amazing writer too
Thank you Lisa! I wrote a book with stories in it last year if you are curious to check it out 🙏 http://rakupottery.ca/buy-the-book 😊
This is so gorgeous!!! 😍😍😍
Thank you for your kindness! I hope you are keeping well! 🙏
That “Riverus” made me smile!
Glad you liked it! 🙏
I like to read these stories of yours!
Thank you Katriina! I wrote a coffee table book with a lot of stories in it last year if you are curious to check it out http://rakupottery.ca/buy-the-book 🙏
Looks like a marvelous sunset!!!
Thank you, Nova! so glad you like it! 🙂
Thank you for sharing! Beautiful pottery, and as always, great storytelling. Really lovely work. Thanks again!
Thank you, Susan! That is very kind of you to say 🙏 I appreciate it and I hope you and yours are keeping safe and well.
We are. Hope y’all are, too. Take care!
If you are interested to read more of them, I wrote a book with stories in it last year if you are curious to check it out http://rakupottery.ca/buy-the-book 🙏
Like the vase – the pattern looks otherworldly (also intrigued by the reflection of where you took the picture – almost like it’s part of the vase itself.
I can see what you mean! Thank you for your comment and I hope you are keeping well!
❤ the color on this one
Thank you Matt! I appreciate that! Stay well wherever you may find yourself today! 🙏
OKay, thanks I guess. I find myself here in Northeast Pennsylvania
This vase is STUNNING!
Thank you! So glad you like it! If you are curious to take a further look (ie in your hands) it is actually on sale right now too 🙂 Let me know if you might be interested and hope you are keeping well!
I love to read your stories and of course, the vase is stunning! It looks like a sunset in the mountains.
Thank you for your kindness, Eugenia! I can see what you mean and thought the same! It looks like it would be a nice place to be. 🙂 Keep well!
Gorgeous!
Thank you, Pamela! So glad you like it! I hope you are keeping safe and well wherever you may find yourself today! 🙏
That is a perfect vase for Oceanus! Just gorgeous! 🤩
Thank you! I thought it seemed to fit well as well (hence naming it around Oceanus of course!) Stay well! 🙏
this is truly beautiful!!
thank you for your kind comment! so glad you like it 🙏 Keep well!
That is soooo beautiful.
Thank you for your kind comment! So glad you like it and i hope you are keeping well 🙏